Programming: a primer coding for beginners

Machine generated contents note: Starting Point

ch. 1 Introduction

What is Programming?

Why Learn to Program?

How does a Program Work?

Programming Languages

What Do I Need?

How to Write a Program

Questions

Building Blocks

ch. 2 Variables and Basic Operations

"Hello World" from Python

Variables

Basic Operations

Input and Output

Questions

ch. 3 Decisions and Loops

Conditions

`if' Statement

`for' Loop

`while' Loop

Keywords `break' and `continue'

Questions

ch. 4 Functions

Bigger and Better Example

Questions

Taking it Further

ch. 5 Classes and Objects

Object-Oriented Programming

Defining Objects using Classes

Inheritance

Questions

ch. 6 Graphical User Interface

wxPython

Menu Bar and Buttons

Questions

Web Development

ch. 7 Sockets, Networks and the World Wide Web

Networks

Networking in Python

Simple Client/Server Example

Questions

ch. 8 HTML, CSS and JavaScript

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

Questions

ch. 9 PHP and SQL

PHP

SQL

Questions

What's Out There?

ch. 10 Amazing Algorithms

PageRank

Sorting

Shortest Path

Artificial Intelligence

Questions

ch. 11 Programming Languages, Libraries and Frameworks

Web Ideas

Mobile Ideas

Desktop Ideas

Questions

ch. 12 Big Ideas

Cloud Computing

Big Data

Internet of Things

Security and Data Privacy

New Learning Styles

3D Printing

Wearable Technology and No-Touch Interfaces

Questions

ch. 13 Where to Go from Here

Learn

Do.